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crasse coriacea , basi decumbons radicans apbylla , ramis erectis fbliosis, 

 digitalibus. Folia alterna sparsa conferta, decidua cicatrices tuberciilosas 

 rehnquentia, in sicco crasso-coriacea , baud pellucido-punctata, supra opaca 

 atro-viridia in sicco nigricantia nervo medio lineata, subtus pallida, ob- 

 ovata , apice rotundata , aliquando subtruncata vel et emarginata , versus 

 basin cuneata vel in brevioribus saltern acuta, in petiolum snbdecurrentia, 

 I— 1| cent, longa, 6—12 mm. lata, marginibus subrevoluta, nervo medio 

 crasso percurrente subtus prominente instructa (laterales baud distincti), 

 petiolis antice canaliculalis basi dilalatis et Juxta caulem subdecurrentibus 

 1—1 cent, longis sustenta. Amenta terminalia, solitaria, erecta, recta, 

 . stricta, 2—3 cent. longa, 1 J mm, crassa obtusa, pedunculis 2 J —3 cent, 

 circiter longis glabris sustenta, subdensiflora. Bracteae breviter pedi- 

 cellatae peltatae pelta orbiculari marginibus subdeflexa, apice subrecurva, 

 glabra, subpunctulata. Stamina duo lateralia, filamentis patulis te- 

 retibus, antheris exiguis subglobosis bilocularibus. Ovarium ovatnm, 

 apice oblique acutum, stigraate infra apicem glandulaeformi-punctuli- 

 formi. Baccae immatnrae ovato-globosae subrostellatae, maturae subglo- 

 bosae (sec. sp. cit.) 



180. Peperomia C^aleoftli. Succulenta, glaberriraa, 

 erecta, foliis allernis longe petiolatis, basi attenuala in petio- 

 lum contractis, pellucido-punctatis, obovatis, subtus pallidis, 

 mulliplinervi-costulalis, amenlis terminalibus pedunculalis 

 erectis, cylindricis apice attenuatis densifloris, bracteis car- 

 nosis pedicellato-peltalis, ovario imraerso infra apicem acumi- 

 natum sligmalifero, baccis immersis ovatis nitidis fusci«, apice 

 sterili exsiccato appendiculalis. 



Habitat in montibus Cordilleris prope Vera Cruz ad 3000 

 alt., supra rupes el arborum truncos vetustos (Galeotti! in Herb 

 De less. n. 6003.) 



Caulis erectus. Ramus carnosus, glaberrimus, tcretiusculus, in sa- 

 pcrficie glandulosus, parum nodosus. Internodia 3—6 cent. Folia alter- 

 na, erccto-patcntia , petiolis semiteretibus, canaliculatis , 3 cent, longis 

 snslenta, in sicco coriacea, pellucido-punctata, supra viridia, subtus glau- 

 cescentia, margine extenuate hie illic crosulo, obovata, apice lato-rotun- 

 data, basi attenuato-contracta et cum petiolo confluentia , 6—8 cent, 

 longa , ii vix 5^ lata , nervo medio subtus prominulo ad basin et altius 

 numerosas costulas venosas adscendentes parallelas emittente, infra in sicco 

 prominulas, anastomosibus reticulatis baud prominentibus junctas. Pe- 

 dnn cuius terminalis 6 cent, longus, bic illic Ibliorum cicatricibus 

 instrnctus, ercclus, amentum gerens 7 cent, longum , cylindricum, 

 apice attenuatum, 2—3 mm. crassum, dcnsiflorum, floribns pro-' 



